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5 items (originally enclosed with a copy of the first Half-Yearly Sleeping Sickness...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1395
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This record is about the 5 items (originally enclosed with a copy of the first Half-Yearly Sleeping Sickness... dating from 1906-1907 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/1395
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1906-1907
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Description (What the record is about)
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5 items (originally enclosed with a copy of the first Half-Yearly Sleeping Sickness Extended Investigations Report for 1906) extracted from CO 885/18/7. Uganda. (1) Map of the Uganda protectorate showing the distribution of sleeping sickness and glossina palpalis and the numbers of deaths in various areas in 1905; also showing the terrain, rivers and towns. (2) Map of the Nile province, showing the distribution of tsetse flies. (3) 2 maps on one sheet, together covering western and southern Uganda, showing the distribution of tsetse flies. (4) Map of the protectorate showing district and province boundaries, deaths from sleeping sickness in 1905, and the intensity of the infection in coastal and inland areas. (5) Map of the Entebbe peninsula, showing contours, vegetation, the distribution of native peoples, and areas infested with and areas now cleared of tsetse flies. Reference tables to all items; reference note to item 4 on the possible inaccuracy of the topographical information. Scale: (1) 1 inch to 10 miles [1:633,600]; (4) 1 inch to 30 miles [1: 1,900,800]. Compass indicator to item 5. Items 1 and 4 lithographed by Weller and Graham Ltd, 1906; 'Printed from W.O. [War Office] stones'. Items 2-3 and 5 [printed at] the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1907. Dimensions: (1) 105 cm x 85 cm; (2-3) each 33 cm x 20 cm; (4) 37 cm x 40 cm; (5) 21 cm x 32 cm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Item 1 follows item 5
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entries 3416 (item 1), 3418 (item 4), 3419 (item 2), 3420 (item 3), 3451 (item 5)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560422/
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